Law in Perspective : Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Head, Michael.

Contributor:

Mann, Scott, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and ethics.

Law.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Sociological jurisprudence--Australia.

Science and law.

Law and economics.

Local Subjects:

Law and ethics.

Law.

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of NSW Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Encourages critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and as a social institution. It explores the relationships between law, logic and science, examines the socio-economic role of law and asks what role the legal system plays in alleviating or exacerbating contemporary social problems, such as crime and punishment, terrorism, refugees and tort law reform.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; SECTION ONE: LOGIC, SCIENCE AND LAW; CHAPTER 1 Basic concepts of logical reasoning; CHAPTER 2 Legal reasoning; CHAPTER 3 Formal fallacies and fallacies of relevance; CHAPTER 4 Weak induction and presumption; CHAPTER 5 Science and statistics; CHAPTER 6 Causation and the precautionary principle; CHAPTER 7 Theoretical hypotheses; SECTION TWO: ETHICS, SOCIAL THEORY AND LAW; CHAPTER 8 Metaethics, rights and equality; CHAPTER 9 Normative ethics; CHAPTER 10 Natural law and legal positivism; CHAPTER 11 Liberalism; CHAPTER 12 Marxism and law

CHAPTER 13 Efficiency and the marketCHAPTER 14 Regulating the market; CHAPTER 15 Is the market just?; CHAPTER 16 Inheritance and returns to assets; SECTION THREE: LAW AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER 17 Tort law reform; CHAPTER 18 Freedom of the will and criminal culpability; CHAPTER 19 Crime and punishment; CHAPTER 20 Terrorism and democratic rights; CHAPTER 21 Refugees and the nation-state; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4237-9003-0

0-86840-292-3

OCLC:

225980585